Machine for forming glass articles



Feb, 2 1926. 1,571,445

A. N. CRAMER MACHINE FQR FORMING ARTICLES Filed July 21, .1925 2' Sheets-$h90t 1 INVENTOR Feb. 2 1926.

A. N. CRAMER MACHINE FOR FORMING GLASS ARTICLES Filed Ju ly 21, 1.923

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Be it known that I funnier iii. Grown-m, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the connhv of Lncns and State of Ohio have invented ner and useful Improvements in Iiiachines for Forming Gloss Articles, of which the following is a spec fication,

My in vention relzites to machines for making bottles.- nml other glassware, and is herein shown as applied to a glass blowing mm chine of the grz'wit fccl type in which the charges of are received in inverted molds. ifhen a blank mold is swings the perison downward to a vertical depending position. A finishing; niohl hotitem is brought into engngen'ient wiih "che botton'i of the suspended 'iarison, the-finishing mold closes and the aris-on blown therein to finished form.

Inmachines of this character there is n tendency for the parison to swing beyond or out of its Vertical depending position, so that it is not accurately centered on the mold bottom and assumes a one-sided posh t'ron in the finishing mold. -As a result, when the parison is blown to finiohed fox-in, thereis an uneven distribution of 'Lhe gloss particularly in the bottom of the blown air-- ticle (known in the trade as heei topsfl.

In practice, ihere ls considerable variation in the. exteni'. to which ihe depending parison is thrown out of vertical alignment, and also in the position reached by the parison in its travel with the mold carriage by the time the parison has swung to its, verricol position. These variations are (hie lo Tori niione in iei'nperatnre of the glass and other variable conditions met with in practice.

An object of my invention is to overcome the ahovc noi'ecl objection by the provision of suitable adjusting means for conirolling and adjusting the movements of 'ihe mold bottom so inat the pnrison will be. properly centered, ihereon.

son supported by and projeeifiin TEE) THE} GWEZQ'S Z'ZQTTLE QUIETZEJTJJYIY) 0, A UQEIFURATIGN 03:?

Il'G GLASS ELHTLTCLEER 1923, Serial No. 6352,3332.

of molds which may be in nee on the mar chine at any time.

(Ether features of the invention peer hereinafter. In the accompanying drawings:

' Figure-1 is n sectionaleie :ion of :1 mm chineto which my invention is applied, a portion of the machine being broken ewe-i513 Figure 2 is a plan of the adjustable cam and its adjoining means" Figure 3 is an eieveifiion of the mechw nism shown in Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional elevation fit-the line iii l f on Figure L i The machine herein shown comprises ii stationary base 10 from which rises o, shiiionriry central column 31. A mohi oerringe comprising 2i .lower sec-lion 12 and on upper section 13,- is rohiiecl continuously about the column lh'the gearing for ciriw ing the carriage including a, Worn'i gear 14%., o, pinion 15 and an annular 1e on the carriage. ii'ionnted on the n'ioici carriageare mold groups or units eech comprising a blank IDOlCi 13"., a neck mold 13 and a. fin iehing mold The cliergee of molten glass are dropped into inverted hlnnlfmolals 17. After o lfzinlz has; been blown in ihe blank mold to form n holiow parieon l9 he lklbilh: mold is opened, learn the periupwardlyiviil an r U 'ihe noel i mold JS hen rotated to swing the parlson downward to the vertical depending position shown in from a neck mold 18,

Figure 1. A finishingdnohl hotizom Qfi then, brought; up to position to engage the parison, a finishing mold is closed around the parison and ihe latter blown therein to its finished 'l'orin. Alien the article has heen hlonin the finishing mold is opened ieoving said article Sli} )')()i'i@(l on ihe mohl hofl'on'n which is: then tilted to discharge it. The inohl bottom is: Ci'H'i'lEil on an arm or bracket 23 conneci'ed by :1 pivot 24: lo o frame 25 mourned {or vertical movement OlliillC .mri'iege. The 'i'ilring oi the mold lJUtiUIH is controller in H1126 on whh-h, runs a roll 'i I on the frame 25. The cam is formed adjacent one end with a lifting portion 30, by which the mold bottom is lifted about the time the parison 19 swings downto its pendent position.- Thecam 28 is s'o"posi tioned that when the -mold bottom is first lifted, as shown in Figure 4, it isspaced a short distance below the bottomjof the parison. Owing to the soft plastic conditionof the glass, the suspended parison gradually. elongates downward and. comes 2 in contact-with the mold bottom when the latter has reached an intermediate position 13' (Fig. 4) in its travel along the cam 28.

The mold bottom now formsa supportfor the. parison, preventing any-litterabmovement of the parison relative tothe mold bottom, until the finishing mold has closed and-the 'parison is blown to its finished form.

- The cam 28 is in line with a stationary cam 32 and is connected;.thereto by a pivot up or downlwh'fle the machine isfin opera tion- A coil spring39 on the bolt-36 ears down on the outer end QfLthe'flever 3.4 and thereby holds up the cam'28.": .It also ,permi said. camfto yield downwar'diunder any excessive pressure, thus serving. ass safe y device in case of any ,obstruoti'onin'the;

path oft-he mold -bottom.

l vhenlhe parison 19 swingsfdownwai'd to its dependingposi'tion, there is -a tendency for it to bendj or swing awayflfrom its ver tical position due to itsflmomentuin, onesided cooling or other causes. 3 The mold bottom is so adjusted thatii't willengage the bottom of the parison while the latter.

. is substantially vertical, sothat it will be properly centered on the mold bottom. This engagement of the mold bottom with the glass takes place at some point during the travel of the mold bottom along the cam 28. By adjusting the cam 28 vertically, the

position B at which the contact takes place 'may be so shifted that one-sided contacting is prevented. Thus,

if it is found that the blanks are swinging beyond a vertical position before the mold bottoms contact therewith, thecam is adjusted upward so that the mold bottoms will engage the parison earlier.' In like manner, the cam is ad- "usted downward if it is found that themold ottoms engage soon. It will. thus be seen that .a one-sided carriage for effecting of the mold bottom relatively to'the parison 1W3 engages the parison. 1 3. In a glass forming mach1ne. .the com- 'jengagement of the blank with the mold bot tom may be readily counteracted by adjust ing the cam. The cam may also be adjusted to accommodate different lengths of arisons corresponding to different lengths o. molds. The exact position reached when the mold bottom contacts with the parison'will vary with variations in the tem erature of the glass and other variable con gtions. If, for

example, the temperature is ,increased, the 7 parison wi-l elongate more rapidly and en- [ga e the .mold bottom at a com aratively ear y period, thereby increasing t e length oftime the parisonis in contact with and being chilled by the mold'bottom. The ree m sult of this increased contact period wher apparent in the finished article jafif iflffi'igi tremel heavy bottom and may be remedied by ad ustin the cam 28' downward"? I crease the oration-of contact and tberehy' fi control the weight of glass in1tl1e ,bottom .j of the finished article. i Modifications may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of my invention. r F What I claim is! H .1. In a glass blowing machine, the combination of'a traveling mold carriage,

thereon to support a bare parisonina pending position, a mold bottombeneath 4 said parison arranged to'eligage the latter .9 during the travel of the mo carriage, andv {means separate from the mold carriage and stationary during the travel'of themold a vertical adjustment supporting means.

2. In a glass blowing machine, the combination of. a travclin g mold. carriage, means thereon to'support a bare parison in a depending position, a mold bottom beneath said parisou arranged to engage the latter during the travel of the mold carriage, and means mounted separatelyfrom themold carriage and operable while the machine is inoperation to adjust the mold bottom vertically and thereby vary the point during the travel ofjthe carriage-at which said bottom bination of a traveling mold carrixige, means thereon for supporting a depending parison of plastic glass, a bottom support traveling with the mold carriage, means to hold .the support beneath and in close proximity to the parison and cause it to travel in an approximately horizontal direction while. so held and be brought into supporting engagement with the parison by the elongation of the latter, and means to adjust said bottom support vertically and thereby vary the point at which, during its travel, said bottom support engages the parison.

4. In a glass forming machine, the combination of a traveling mold carriagdmeans thereon for supporting a depending pariiii Lermee i 4 elin w: in. :nnrison and bronght into supporting engag ment therewith as the parison. travels, and n'tntionery means 0; robin while the machine the bottom support up cause it to engage the or later period'during 'egless, e bot-tom support travor fit? v1 and thereby p risen at an earlier Ate travel.

In. n blowing machine, the com- Zbinntion of e horizontally traveling mold csirriege, means thereon to port a bare perison in ,nedtint position, a bottom support beneath the gnarison and arranged to travel witiii earrings and be brought into engngement'with pnrison during said travel, it stationing cam eontrolling the terticelbosition of mid :iottorn support duneng' SEE-id travel an'dlengageinent with the 0' parison, and means for and thereby varying the ring the travel of support is brought pnrzson,

thin 2'3 glass forming machine. the com hinntion of a traveling mold carriage, means thereon comprising a neck mold by which a gin-risen of plastic glass is supported in a pendent position, a bottom support beneath the perison endconn'ected to travel therewith, a stationary cam track along which said bottom support travels and by which its height is; controlled, said bottom support bein: so arranged that the lower end of the mrison while traveling along said cam track will he brought into engngremont with the bottom support, and means for ad- ;insting; said track up and down and thereby varying the point reached by the bottom support in its travel at the time it engages the time at which, dnrthe carriage, the bottom into engagement with the in a glass forming llltllflilllt', the combination ii. traveling mold carriage, means thereon cont nuing it illlk'k mold by \Vlllt'lt :1 parison. oi plastic glass is .'--up po1tvd in a pendan position, it bottom support honoulh the pnrison and connri'ted to travel there: ntionzu'y cum truck along which support travels and by which its iiei t is nontrollod, said bottom support being tinged to engage the lower end of the psi-anon while trawling along said can:

I the mold carriage beneath said adjusting sa d com track, means for T; -.;sti1rig the cam track up and down 1' ing the travel of the cal-- rizigqn st:itiona ry c:1m track arranged to control the height oftho bottom-support after it has passed beyond the control of the adjustable cam truck, anda finishing mold to enclose the pai'isonwhile said bottom support is under the control of the stationary cam track. i

8. In a glass blowing machine the combinotion of a traveling mold carriage, a mold bottom connected to travel therewith, a stationary cam track arranged to lift and support said bottom, said track being hinged at. one end, means for adjusting the free end of the track up and down, and atstationary cam track extending from the said hinged end and forminga continuation of the hinged track.

9. Ina, glass blowing machine, the 'combination of a horizontally traveling mold carriage, means thereon to support a. bare parison in pendent position, ainold bottom, a mold coo erating therewith to enclose the parison, said bottom being beneath the purlson and arranged to travel with the carriage and tobe brou ht into engagement with the are parison (liming said travel before the parison is enclosed in the mold, a stationary cam controlling the vertical position of said bottom, and means for ad'usting said cam to vary the time interval during which the parison is in contact with said bottom.

10. In 'a glass blowing machine, the combination of a means thereon to support a hero parison in 2. depending position, a mold toenclose the purison, a mold bottom cooperating with the mold, said bottom being beneath the bare purison and arranged to engage the latter during the travel of the mold carriage and before the mold has enclosed the parison, and means operable while the machine is in operation to zuljust the mold bottom vertically and thereby vary the point during the in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio,

this 5th day of July,

.. BERT N. oRAMnR.

traveling mold Carriage, 

